Following an electronic reprint request, I also discovered that an article I had written for Mathematics Today on ‘The importance of mathematics in systems biology’ had been published in its August issue, the first to use my BBSRC affiliation. At the current rate, this will be the year in which I will have published more scientific papers than in any previous year, partly the consequences of folk writing up as projects end.

I have now finished my international travel until (well) after Christmas (I gather that the Eurostar will soon be extending its range to Amsterdam should another visit loom), but next week sees me out of the Office pretty well entirely, and includes our Institute Directors’ meeting at the JIC (another Obituary of Chris Lamb appeared this week) and my first visit to IBERS.

Biology is complex, and data visualisation remains an important area for helping us understand this complexity. To this end, Merico and colleagues provide a nice little briefing of some up-to-date methods.